Talk:Short name

Crew Short Names
Changeling Bashir is a version of Bashir only in the sense that they look identical. But they are completely different characters - Changeling Bashir is actually a Changeling.

Same with Ezri: Desert and Sniper Ezri are called "E. Dax" in-game. However, Mirror Ezri Tigan is not, as she never joined with Dax, therefore she is a different character that looks like E. Dax (as the host body is the same Ezri Tigan).

So the distinction criterion they use in-game for the short names is definitely the character according to the storyline/canon, so generally it would make sense to use the same scheme here in the wiki.

However, problems arise when characters "overlap". People not knowing every ST episode by heart expect Changeling Bashir to be listed on the Bashir character page (and maybe even the Founder page), and they expect Mirror Ezri Tigan as well as all E. Dax's to be listed on the Ezri page. At the moment, this is inconsistent (Ezri Tigan is, Changeling Bashir is not).

See especially the discussions here and here. --Crunch (talk) 12:02, 19 June 2016 (CDT)


 * I know, but as far as the event is concerned, Changeling Bashir is a version of Bashir. Perhaps the community needs to need to define some terms or refine their current definitions... something like "character" refers to all crew of the same short name, while "version" may refer to crew with different short names (and thus different characters) but which have been used together in events (such as Desert Ezri Dax as a version of J. Dax in The Trouble with Klingons. I know we've used the term "variant" before, but the game has always called them versions. — CodeHydro (msg) 08:11, 21 June 2016 (CDT)